Mark,

the only certain data is the "native" capacity, which specifically, for a
DLT-7000 is 35GB.

You can then see it working in compress mode and storing 70GB, 200GB or
even more ... but that depends by the data and the compression algorithm.

Mauro


> I'm looking for confirmation on Tape Capacities.
>
> We will be deploying a Sun E450 Server writing to DLT7000s in a
> StorageTek TimberWolf 9714 Tape Library.
>
> From the thread started by Yu Chen regarding tapes being marked Full, I
> see that some of you see tape capacities of 35GB of data.  Is this the
> average for DLT IV in DLT7000 tape drives?
>
> I'm familiar with a site using Legato Networker writing to DLT7000s.
> They are seeing tape capacities near 200GB.
>
> TIA,
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